Lou Adler

38 years and counting as CEO of his own company – the experience radiates from Lou Adler’s posts, which revolve around recruiting and how to get hired.

Lou Adler is an experienced guy. He graduated from UCLA in 1971 with a degree in Finance. He also holds a bachelors’ degree in engineering. Since then he has held several senior positions in Rockwell International and The Allen Group before founding his own retained executive search firm, The Adler Group, in 1978.

He has also authored the books Hire With Your Head and The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired. Through 238 posts on LinkedIn he has been named an official influencer and has amassed close to 900,000 followers. His posts very much revolve around how to get hired and closely related topics, but he also takes the viewpoint of the recruiter frequently. In this case, we are mostly interested in the posts seen from the candidate’s point of view. Let’s have a look at a few of his best posts to date:

Big Brother is Now Determining Your Hirability – a post in which he delves into how automatic screening of candidates impacts the recruiting process. It’s a great opportunity to learn what patterns are being sought after by recruiters.

The Awful Downside of Job Hopping Syndrome – he introduces a new concept; Job Hopping Syndrome. It’s about overvaluing short-term needs without considering the long-term consequences. He builds on a 2 by 2 matrix framework considering reasons for leaving current job, taking new job, and motivation in terms of intrinsic and extrinsic factors.

Lou Adler has a lot of experience and he posts fairly consistently, so he is an ideal influencer to follow into the New Year to get inspired for career growth.